Manuel Chakravarty
@tacticalgrace.justtesting.org
🔥 Lambda Scientist
💡 Functional programming
💡 Programming languages
💡 Cryptography
👨🏽💻 Swift, Haskell & Agda
💜 Volt 🇪🇺 policy: digital rights & economy
📍 Utrecht 🇳🇱🇩🇪🇪🇺
• Twitter: @TacticalGrace
💡 Functional programming
💡 Programming languages
💡 Cryptography
👨🏽💻 Swift, Haskell & Agda
💜 Volt 🇪🇺 policy: digital rights & economy
📍 Utrecht 🇳🇱🇩🇪🇪🇺
• Twitter: @TacticalGrace
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Functional Programming in Swift
When people talk about functional programming in modern multi-paradigm languages, they usually mention Rust, Scala, or Kotlin. You rarely...
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I think that Swift is an awesome language for functional programming! Many (functional) programmers don’t seem to know this. Hence, I gave talk about “Functional Programming in Swift” at @bobkonf.bsky.social — it is now online: media.ccc.de/v/bob11-2024...
Talk page: bobkonf.de/2024/chakrav...
Talk page: bobkonf.de/2024/chakrav...
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Germany’s Tech Betrayal: How We’re Selling Our Sovereignty to US Giants www.linkedin.com/posts/berndk... indeed, I heard it from Arte Journal yesterday and was 🤔
US-Tech-Riese Google kündigt Milliarden-Investition in Deutschland an | Bernd Korz
Germany’s Tech Betrayal: How We’re Selling Our Sovereignty to US Giants
The facts speak for themselves:
1. Bavaria’s €1B Microsoft Deal – No Tender, No Accountability The Bavarian government handed M...
www.linkedin.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Germany’s Tech Betrayal: How We’re Selling Our Sovereignty to US Giants www.linkedin.com/posts/berndk... indeed, I heard it from Arte Journal yesterday and was 🤔
The last talk of the first talk at Do iOS is by Lucy Galik addressing “The enemy within: how UIKit mindset is leaking into your SwiftUI views” #doios
November 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The last talk of the first talk at Do iOS is by Lucy Galik addressing “The enemy within: how UIKit mindset is leaking into your SwiftUI views” #doios
At Do iOS, we are moving to Swift concurrency with “Swift Concurrency in 6.2: Patterns & Pitfalls Nobody Told You About” by Kanagasabapathy Rajkuma #doios
November 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
At Do iOS, we are moving to Swift concurrency with “Swift Concurrency in 6.2: Patterns & Pitfalls Nobody Told You About” by Kanagasabapathy Rajkuma #doios
Next Do iOS is changing gear, looking at multi-platform development with Swift. We have @joanniso.bsky.social with “Cross-Platform Swift - Reusing Code between iOS and Android” #doios
November 12, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Next Do iOS is changing gear, looking at multi-platform development with Swift. We have @joanniso.bsky.social with “Cross-Platform Swift - Reusing Code between iOS and Android” #doios
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So apparently being in a boat in an area where drugs are frequently trafficked is now grounds for a US airstrike, he said nervously in central Amsterdam
November 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
So apparently being in a boat in an area where drugs are frequently trafficked is now grounds for a US airstrike, he said nervously in central Amsterdam
Reposted by Manuel Chakravarty
The best way to prevent online ads from fueling surveillance is to ban online behavioral advertising. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Online Behavioral Ads Fuel the Surveillance Industry—Here’s How
Each time you see a targeted ad, your personal information is exposed to thousands of advertisers and data brokers through a process called “real-time bidding” (RTB). This process does more than
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November 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The best way to prevent online ads from fueling surveillance is to ban online behavioral advertising. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Reposted by Manuel Chakravarty
Vandaag voelt een beetje als de dag na het eindexamen. Een gevoel van afsluiten en een moment van terugkijken op mooie herinneringen. Tegelijkertijd kijk ik vooruit, met nieuwsgierigheid naar wat komt. Na vier intensieve, mooie jaren is het tijd om afscheid te nemen van mijn plek in de Kamer. 1/5
November 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Vandaag voelt een beetje als de dag na het eindexamen. Een gevoel van afsluiten en een moment van terugkijken op mooie herinneringen. Tegelijkertijd kijk ik vooruit, met nieuwsgierigheid naar wat komt. Na vier intensieve, mooie jaren is het tijd om afscheid te nemen van mijn plek in de Kamer. 1/5
After lunch at Do iOS, we continue with the security topic with Pascal Jungblut, telling us “What Really Happens to Your iOS App During Compilation - and What it Exposes” #doios
November 12, 2025 at 12:21 PM
After lunch at Do iOS, we continue with the security topic with Pascal Jungblut, telling us “What Really Happens to Your iOS App During Compilation - and What it Exposes” #doios
We stay with the security topic in the next talk at Do iOS with Eric Bariaux on “Cryptography 101: What Every Swift Developer Should Understand” #doios
November 12, 2025 at 10:27 AM
We stay with the security topic in the next talk at Do iOS with Eric Bariaux on “Cryptography 101: What Every Swift Developer Should Understand” #doios
The first talk at Do iOS is immediately about a very important topic, namely privacy. It is by @carrascomolina.com with a talk entitled “The importance of Privacy on iOS”
November 12, 2025 at 8:19 AM
The first talk at Do iOS is immediately about a very important topic, namely privacy. It is by @carrascomolina.com with a talk entitled “The importance of Privacy on iOS”
November 12, 2025 at 8:09 AM
It’s about positioning SwiftUI in the field of tension between MVC and model-view-update — for a good explanation of that field of tension, see https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3759163.3760429
I’m working on mine 😎
Deadline for #BOBkonf2025 submissions is coming up fast: you have one more week — call ends end of day on 17 November 2025.
bobkonf.de/2026/cfc.html
bobkonf.de/2026/cfc.html
November 12, 2025 at 7:33 AM
It’s about positioning SwiftUI in the field of tension between MVC and model-view-update — for a good explanation of that field of tension, see https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3759163.3760429
Reposted by Manuel Chakravarty
This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
In the train to Amsterdam for Do iOS: https://www.do-ios.com/ — expecting two fun days of great talks (at least, that is what they delivered the last two years 😉).
DO iOS Conference - The iOS Conference in Amsterdam
Meet us in Amsterdam in November 2025.
do-ios.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:15 AM
In the train to Amsterdam for Do iOS: https://www.do-ios.com/ — expecting two fun days of great talks (at least, that is what they delivered the last two years 😉).
Reposted by Manuel Chakravarty
„Ich glaube nicht mehr länger, dass Demokratie und Freiheit miteinander vereinbar sind.“
Dieser Satz kommt von Peter Thiel, dem Mitbegründer von #Palantir. Von solchen Typen sollten wir uns gerade mit Blick auf unsere Sicherheit niemals abhängig machen.
Dieser Satz kommt von Peter Thiel, dem Mitbegründer von #Palantir. Von solchen Typen sollten wir uns gerade mit Blick auf unsere Sicherheit niemals abhängig machen.
November 11, 2025 at 7:52 AM
„Ich glaube nicht mehr länger, dass Demokratie und Freiheit miteinander vereinbar sind.“
Dieser Satz kommt von Peter Thiel, dem Mitbegründer von #Palantir. Von solchen Typen sollten wir uns gerade mit Blick auf unsere Sicherheit niemals abhängig machen.
Dieser Satz kommt von Peter Thiel, dem Mitbegründer von #Palantir. Von solchen Typen sollten wir uns gerade mit Blick auf unsere Sicherheit niemals abhängig machen.
I’m working on mine 😎
Deadline for #BOBkonf2025 submissions is coming up fast: you have one more week — call ends end of day on 17 November 2025.
bobkonf.de/2026/cfc.html
bobkonf.de/2026/cfc.html
November 11, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I’m working on mine 😎
Reposted by Manuel Chakravarty
Ja, laten we het nog eens over al die ontevreden Nederlanders hebben die het zooo slecht hebben dat ze extreem rechts stemmen.
😓
Het is gewoon racisme!
#Nederland #Racisme
😓
Het is gewoon racisme!
#Nederland #Racisme
November 11, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Ja, laten we het nog eens over al die ontevreden Nederlanders hebben die het zooo slecht hebben dat ze extreem rechts stemmen.
😓
Het is gewoon racisme!
#Nederland #Racisme
😓
Het is gewoon racisme!
#Nederland #Racisme
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The Zeiten, they are wending.
61% of Germans say their country invested too little in its military capabilities.
66% say we relied too much on the US for our security.
61% of Germans say their country invested too little in its military capabilities.
66% say we relied too much on the US for our security.
November 11, 2025 at 6:47 AM
The Zeiten, they are wending.
61% of Germans say their country invested too little in its military capabilities.
66% say we relied too much on the US for our security.
61% of Germans say their country invested too little in its military capabilities.
66% say we relied too much on the US for our security.
Reposted by Manuel Chakravarty
That chart is well worth studying. Share of daily transactions taking place in cash around the world. As an Australian, I’m very much used to cashless everything by now. I’m still totally against going fully cashless.
November 11, 2025 at 6:26 AM
That chart is well worth studying. Share of daily transactions taking place in cash around the world. As an Australian, I’m very much used to cashless everything by now. I’m still totally against going fully cashless.
Reposted by Manuel Chakravarty
Swift belongs on servers #swiftlang
November 10, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Swift belongs on servers #swiftlang
Reposted by Manuel Chakravarty
Managing long-running, stateful workflows in Swift just got a whole lot easier. The new Temporal SDK brings first-class support for building reliable, fault-tolerant applications. www.swift.org/blog/swift-t... @temporal.io
November 10, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Managing long-running, stateful workflows in Swift just got a whole lot easier. The new Temporal SDK brings first-class support for building reliable, fault-tolerant applications. www.swift.org/blog/swift-t... @temporal.io
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Let’s take women security seriously, also online!
November 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Let’s take women security seriously, also online!
Reposted by Manuel Chakravarty
Bar hopping? Networking? Speeches and panels? It’s all of that – and more! 💜
Join hundreds of Volt members from across Europe in Frankfurt on 22-23 Nov for a weekend of ideas, energy, and connection.
🎟️ Last tickets at €80 available till Nov 12: 👉 https://events.volteuropa.org/event/frankfurt/
Join hundreds of Volt members from across Europe in Frankfurt on 22-23 Nov for a weekend of ideas, energy, and connection.
🎟️ Last tickets at €80 available till Nov 12: 👉 https://events.volteuropa.org/event/frankfurt/
November 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Bar hopping? Networking? Speeches and panels? It’s all of that – and more! 💜
Join hundreds of Volt members from across Europe in Frankfurt on 22-23 Nov for a weekend of ideas, energy, and connection.
🎟️ Last tickets at €80 available till Nov 12: 👉 https://events.volteuropa.org/event/frankfurt/
Join hundreds of Volt members from across Europe in Frankfurt on 22-23 Nov for a weekend of ideas, energy, and connection.
🎟️ Last tickets at €80 available till Nov 12: 👉 https://events.volteuropa.org/event/frankfurt/
Reposted by Manuel Chakravarty
Switzerland is joining Horizon Europe!
We are uniting two research powerhouses.
For cutting-edge innovation that will boost our energy security, digital transformation, health and so much more.
Today is a good day for science, and for our EU-Switzerland partnership.
We are uniting two research powerhouses.
For cutting-edge innovation that will boost our energy security, digital transformation, health and so much more.
Today is a good day for science, and for our EU-Switzerland partnership.
November 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Switzerland is joining Horizon Europe!
We are uniting two research powerhouses.
For cutting-edge innovation that will boost our energy security, digital transformation, health and so much more.
Today is a good day for science, and for our EU-Switzerland partnership.
We are uniting two research powerhouses.
For cutting-edge innovation that will boost our energy security, digital transformation, health and so much more.
Today is a good day for science, and for our EU-Switzerland partnership.